Americans are confessing they had “no idea” how big Australia is as the size of its bushfires is compared to the size of the US.
Aussies know just how big our country is and most of us know how much of it is currently burning.
But it seems our American friends don’t.
“I didn’t realise Australia was so large! Is this to scale?,” one man asked on Twitter when science host Kyle Hill posted a map of the bushfires compared to the size of the US.
“Wow. I honestly never realised it was that large of a land mass. This is eye opening.”
The ABC reported how the raging fires have burned over 12.35 million acres of land - with at least 24 people killed and more than 2,000 homes destroyed by the blazes.
Australia has been dealt a massive blow with these fires. Even after the first green shoots come up through ashy forest floors, and even after burned out homes start to get rebuilt, the tourism industry will be suffering.
This is a problem because tourism is a huge industry. It generates $110 billion in economic activity every single year, according to estimates by the Tourism and Transport Forum.
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